Antarctica
is the icy continent at the South Pole. Antarctica is often called
"The Frozen Continent". Look at the map of Antarctica,
there are no countries on this continent!

Countries of Antarctica

There
are no countries in Antarctica.

Although scientific expeditions
visit Antarctica, there are no permanent human residents. There
are about 4,000 seasonal visitors to Antarctica.

Interesting facts about Antarctica.

Antarctica
is the fifth-largest continent. This frozen continent has many
interesting facts to read about.

Antarctica is the
coldest region on this planet.

Antarctica
has about 87% of the world's ice.

The South Pole is the coldest, windiest,
and driest place on Earth.

This is a picture of the "Ceremonial
South Pole". It is an area set aside just for you to take
a picture.

Antarctica is the
best place in the world to find meteorites. Can you guess
why?Dark meteorites show up against the white of ice
and snow and don't get covered by plants. This picture shows
one of the largest meteorites collected in Antarctica, it was
250 pounds!

Animals of Antarctica

Antarctica
is home to many marine animals. All of the Antarctic animals have
adapted to life in extremey cold conditions.

There are 17 different
kinds of penguins living in Antarctica. The Emperor Penguin
is the largest penguin. It lives on ice packs in Antarctica.

Look at the Weddell
Seal stretching on the ice in Antarctica!

This is an ice
fish. It is also called a white fish because their blood
is transparent

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Crabeater seals
are found in Antarctica. Did you know
that Crabeater seals don't eat crab, they eat krill!

Just for fun...The new Disney movie, "Eight Below"
is set in the extreme wilderness of Antarctica.
To see the beauty of Antarctica, watch a little bit of the movie!
Eight
Below movie trailer from apple.com (Need QuickTime)